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ONE  HUNDRED  REASONS 

WHY   EVERY   MAN    WHO    LOYES   GOOD    GOVERNMENT,   HUMAN 

RIGHTS.  ECONOMY,    HONESTY,  PROGRESS,    FREEDOM   OF 

SPEECH,     FREEDOM    OF     THE     PRESS,   LIBERTY, 

EQUALITY,   AND   FRATERNITY, 

SHOULD  VOTE  FOR  THE  RE-ELECTION  OF  PRESIDENT  GRANT. 


NOMINATION. 

1.  BccHus"  I  ho  Convention  which  renominatcd 
President  Grant  represented  the  people  more  per 
fectly  tliiin  :iny  oilier  similar  convention  which  baa 
ever  been  "held,  uiul  though  tlio  delegates  numbered 
seven  hundred  and  liliy,  there  were  not  thirty  office 
holder*  among  them.  Their  nomination  of  Grant 
was  unanimous,  spontaneous,  and  enthusiastic,  as 
\V;LS  uli-o  his  nomination  in  1868. 

ii.  Because  a  triumpb'al  ratification  of  this  nomi 
nation  hv  the  pe->plu  at.  the  polls  will  also  carry  with 
it  a  Republican  Ingress,  and  will  insure  us  a  Re 
publican  Cabinet  of  such  able  Secretaries  os  George 
fc>.  Boutwell  and  those  of  the  other  Departments. 

REPUBLICAN   MEASURKS. 

3.  Because  the  measures   of   the    administration 
have  been  so  admirable  that  the  Cincinnati-Baltimore 
platform,  so  far  as  it  contains  anything  really  worthy, 
is  only  in   accordance   with  Republican   action,    the 
spirit,   of  Republicanism    heii>g   always   progressive, 
and  its  policy  always  extending  and  modifying  itself 
as  the  exigencies   of  tiie   nation  or  the  wants  of  the 
people  require  it. 

FOKEIGN   RELATIONS    AND   POLIO?. 

4.  Because  President  Grant  has   maintained  our 
rights  with  every  foreign  power,  and  kept  the  peace 
with  all  the   world;  and  "this   while   preserving  our 
national  dignity  iu  all  its  extent,  and   receiving   and 
reciprocating  all  national   courtesies   and  amenities, 
though  wars  and  revolutions  iu    Europe  and  on  this 
side  ol  the   Atlantic,  have   rendered   such  a  course  a 
task  only  to  be  executed   by  wisdom,  and  statesman 
ship  of  the  highest  order. 

5.  Because  President  Grunt    has    negotiated    far 
more   favorably  with    England   than   preceding  ad 
ministrations,  and   has   introduced   the  principle  of 
arbitration  in  the  settlement    of  differences   between 
nations,  which  will   inure   to   the   interests  of  peace 
and  the  happiness  of  the  world.     It  will  establish  a 
new  epocu  of  justice  and  comity  among  nations. 

6.  Becau.-e   President  Grant   has   evinced    in   his 
mes.-ages  a  complete  conception  of  that  foreign  policy 
which  the  interests  of  America  demand,  and   which 
national   justice  and.  honor  require.      The  Monroe 
Doctrine  receives  his  full  sanction',  and  in  relation  to 
it  he  says  :  "The  time  is  not,  far   distant  when,  iu  the 
natural'  course  of  events,  the  European  political  con 
nection  with  this  continent  will  cease.     The  colonial 
-de;  t'ndencie.*(of  trans-Atlantic  governments)  are  no 
longer   regarded   as    subject    to    transfer  tiom  oue 
European  power  to  another.    When  the  present  re 
lation  ot  colonies   ceases  they    nr  ;    to   become  inde 
pendent  powers,  exorcising  ihe  right  of  choice   aud 
self-con  I  vo!  in  the  determination  01  their  future  cou- 
dniou  a,:d  relation  witu  other  powers." 

PUBLIC    DEBT   AND   ITS   REDUCTION. 

7.  Because   the   piesent    administration   fouid    a 
debt,  exclusive  of  interest,  amounting  to $2, 700,000,- 
(.00,  and  from  the-a--  of  March,  1809,  to  July  1,  1872, 
^ three  years  au-d  live  months,)  paid  $383,976,916.89 
if  H. 


8.  Because,  while   during  the   whole    administra 
tion  of  Andrew  Johnson,  this  debt  was  only  reduced 
$13,655.008,  the  reduction  under  Grant  for  forty -one 
months  has  been  $8,849,422  each  month. 

9.  Because  the   administration   has  already  paid 
13  21-100  per  cent,  of  the  whole  debt,  and  at  that  raXe 
not  a  vestige  of  It  will  remain  in  twenty-one  years. 

10.  Because  this  has    .been     accomplished  when 
Grant  found  prices     inflated,   trade    deranged,    the 
country  flooded  with  paper    money  worth  from  35  to 
71  cents  on  the  dollar,   the  opposition    declaring  the 
debt  could  never    IK:   paid,  t-ome   of  the   leaders   de 
manding    repudiation,   and    a   National   Democratic 
Contention  insisting  its  payment  should  not  be  made 
in  coin. 

11.  Because  the   republican  party  is  the  only  oue 
which  can  'y>e  depended    upon    for  a  certain,  prompt, 
and  faithful  payment  ol  the  public  debt.     For  the 
fame  reason   oif  public  credit  depends  upon  the  Re 
publicans. 

REDUCTION  OF  TAXES. 

12.  Because,  while  under  Johnson,  the  annual  in 
ternal  taxes  and  customs  duties  were $355,885, 560,99, 
under  Grant,  these  taxes  have  been  reduced  at  an 
average  of  $18?,738,409t09  each  year  of  his  adminis 
tration. 

13.  Because,  except  on  whiskey,  beer,  tobacco  aud 
a  portion  of  the  stamp  tax,  internal  taxes  are  almost 
entirely  abolished,  and  the  President  says  iu  one  of 
his  messages  that,  "by  steadiness  iu  our    present 
course  theie  is  no  reason  why,  in  a  few  short  years, 
the  national  tax-gatherer  may  not  disappear  from 
the  door  ot  the  citizen  almost,  entirely." 

14.  Because  it  has  been  one  of  the  cardinal  princi 
ples  of  this  Administration   to  reduce   taxation  as 
much  as  was  compatible  with   the  public  interests, 
and  how  faithfully  this  has  been  done,  is  illustrated 
by  the  fact  that,  if  the    average  rates  of  taxation, 
during  the  last  three  years  of  Johnson's  administra 
tion  had  been  continued  and  extended  over  the  past 
three  years  of  Grant's  administration,  the  receipts 
into  the  Treasury  would  have  been  greater  than  they 
were  by  ttie  sum  of  $238.800,009,  all  of  which  im 
mense  amount  has  been  leit  in  the  pockets  of  the 
people,  being  at  the  rate  of  $96,266,666  a  year. 

SAVING  OF  INTEREST. 

15.  Because  the  saving  of  interest  made  by  this 
Administration  has   been  $22,401,087  in   com  each 
year. 

16.  Because  $300,000,000,  of  bonds  have  been  re* 
funded  at  4%  and  5  per  cent.,  thus  saving  au  annual 
interest  of  $1,000,000,  and  up  to  the  maturity  of  the 
new  bonds  will  save  $20,000,000,  aud  lead  to"  the  re 
funding  of  $1,000,000  more  at  still  lower  interest. 

17.  because  the  premium  on  gold,  which  ranged 
as  high  us  forty  per  cent,  when' Grunt  was  elected 
President  has  beeu  as  low  under  his  administration 
as  eleven  per  > 

TSA  AND  COFFEB. 

18.  Because  this  Administration,  mindful  of  the 
universal  consumption*  of  tea  aud  coffee  among  all 
classes,  yoor  «.u>  well  as  rich,  has  made  these  articles 


•wholly  free,'  ehoosiiur    ralhcv  tt>  t.:ix  the   luxuries  <»f 
wealth  than  the  comfort;--  of  llio  workitigmau. 

1!).  Because,  by  this  beneliciont  and  republic;^ 
legislation,  the  people  are  relieved  of  a  hurd<  M  <-1 
$18,000,000  a  year,  nunt  of  it  paid  by  the  working 
classes,  who  are  equal  consumers  of  tea  and  coilce 
with  the  rich,  aod  wh6  constitute  by  far  the  great 
'  ost  iiiunbcr  of  purchasers. 

.-•        PENSIONS  TO  SOI/DIRKS. 

2'\  Because,  notwithstanding  all  the  reductions 
wl'ir-h  the  Administration  hr.s  made  of  the  public 
debt  and  ot  the  interest  upon  it,  and  of  the  public 
taxes,  pensions  to  soldiers  have  been  largely  in- 
creased,  a;>d  large  appropriations  have  been  made  to 
improve  rivers  and  harbors. 

fcl.  Because  the  Republican  party  Is  the  only  one 
which  can  be  depended  upon  to  continue  to  pay,  dur 
ing  their  whole  existence,  the  pensions  assigned  to 
loyal  soldiers,  crippled  and  disabled  in  lighting 
against  rebellion  and  treason,  and  the  widows  and 
orphans  of  those  who  offered  up  their  lives  on  the 
alter  of  the  freedom  and  union,  ot  this  Republic. 

COLLECTION   OF  TAXES. 

22.  Because,  although  under  the  present  admlnls- 
fration,   the     annual    reduction   of    taxes    has   been 
$137,788,409.09,  collections  have   increased  $34,000,- 
o(>>   a  year,  thus   t-howing  the  r'gid    accountability 
which  has  been  introduced  into    the  revenue  service, 
and  the  honesty  with  which    it-   has  been  conducted. 

23.  Because  'it  is  this  administration   which   has 
consummated  all  these  benefits,   has  honestly  col 
lected,  wuely  applied   and  accounted   (or  the  vast 
Minis  of  money  expended,  has  reduced  the  expenses, 
upheld  the  public  credit,  cheapened  the  interest,  and 
made  the  greenbacks  almost  as  good  as  gold,  though 
only  worth  half  their  face  under  Andrew  Johnson. 

24.  Because,  while  from   March  1,  i860,  to  March 
1,  1809,  the  lust  three  years  under  Johnson,  the  total 
tux  receipts  from  spirits,  tobacco,  fermented  liquors, 
banks  and  bankers,  tras,  adhesive  stamps  and  penal 
ties  were  $231,155,714,  during  the   three  years  under 
Grant,  from  March   4,  ISfi'j,  to   March  1,  Ib72,  they 
were  $389,850,858,    showing  a  gain  in    favor  of  the 
administration  of  $108,90Jf,639,  beiritf  over  $30,000,000 
annually,  ornn  increase  of  47  percent* 

PUKCHASB   AND  SUPPRESSION   OF   BONDS. 

2-1.  Because  this  administration  under  the  admir 
able  management  and  financial  wisdom  of  Secretary 
Boutwell  has  effected  a  large  saving  of  public  money, 
and  has  made  a  large  redaction  ot  public  indebted 
ness  by  the  purchase  and  suppression  of  bonds  to  the 
amount  of  $266,755,450.  A  saving  has  thus  been 
made  of  $15,147,303.24  in  gold,  and  this  without  any 
derangement  of  the  currency  or  detriment  to  the 
public  credit.,  OF  breach  of  contract  on  the  pact  of  the 
Government. 


2fl.  Because,  owing  to  the  foregoing  reductions  the 
(expenses  this  year  are  lees  f  >r  each  individual  than 
they  were  under  Washington,  and  less  than  they 
were  under  any  administration  since,  with  only  four 
exceptions,  and  in  the  case  of  these  four  the  advant 
age  is  ouly  apparent,  and  but  a  few  cents. 

27.  Because,  under  Buchanan,  in  1860,  the  popula 
tion  beiiig  3l;443,321,  the  expenses  were  $1.9. >  for 
each  pereou,  and  in  1871,  under  Grant,  the  popula 
tion  being  38,555,983,  the  expensed  were  $1.70  lor 
each  person. 

•'%  I Jecaua&v  wolte  th  "1 8 GO,  the  whole  amount  ex 
pended  tor  public  buildings,  improvement  of  rivers 
and  harbors,  and  other  public  works  throughout  the 
country,  was  only  $2,913,371.48,  in  1871  the  amount 
paid  tor  such  improvement  warf  $10,733,759.05.  and 
making  allowance  for  the  increased  payments  of  this 
kiucl,  tue  expense  per  capita  under  Grant  is  as  small 
as  it  has  ever  beeu  since  the  foundation  of  the  Gov 
ern  merit. 


21».  Became!,  while  '"nimbull  ssi'd  at -the- Cooper 
Institute  th.it  the  expense*  of  tue  Government,  in 
consequence  of  the  increased  population  and  in 
creased  demand,  and  aside  from  interest  and  pen 
sions,  ought  not  to  be  morw  than  33  per  c«tit.  inhaler 
than  before  the  war,  they  are  actually  only  13  nor 
cent,  greater,  being  $G1,402,408.«4  in 'i860,  and  only 
$6cj,684,t618]92tn  Ib7l. 

30.  Because  the  retrenchment  and  reform  in   G?T>v- 
ernment  expenses  already  so  extensively  cairu>d  out, 
wherever  the  public  interests  permit  "will  bo  con 
tinued  in  every  possible  direction,  and  direct   taxa 
tion  for  national  expenses  will  ho  soon  wholly  extinct. 

31.  Because  this  Administration  has  performed  an 
admirable  work,  such  as  no  Government  on  earth 
has  ever  previously  exhibited — that  of  a  vastly  in 
creased  extinguishmeut  of  the  public  debl,  and  a  very 
large  simultaneous  reduction  ot  taxation. 

COST  OF  COLLECTING   TIIE  nETtWUE. 

82.  Because,  nnder  Republican  rale,  the  dost  of 
collecting  the  custom*  revenue  has  been  reduced 
more  than  one  half  since  1800.  In  th.it  year  thy  per 
cenC^o  of  cost  to  collection*  \va*  $*'>.25~;  in  IS1)*,  it 
was  $4.06;  in  1870,  it  was  $8.20/and  iu  1871,  it  was 
$3.11. 

CIVIL  SEUVTCB  EEFORlfk 

33.  Because  Grant  is  tho  first  President  wfto  evW 
recommended  and  inaugurated  a  system  of  Civil 
Service  Reform  which  makes  office  dependent  upon 
iairly  conducted  and  competitive  examinations; 
which  makes  dismission  from  the  public  service  to 
Depend  upon  misconduct,  whicu  leaves  the  attain 
ment  of  office  open  to  all  clashes  of  citizens  alike,  i,r- 
respective  of  political  opinion*  and  religious  cived's, 
and  which  deprives  the  National  Executive  of  all 
benefits  to  be  derived  from  clerical  appointments. 

84.  Because  to  adopt  such  a  system  and  to  puf»  it 
in  operation  Just  on  the  eve  of  a  Presidential  election 
where  the  President  is  himself  a  candidate,  shows 
how  devoted  he  is  to  the  free  and  unbiassed  rule  of 
the  people. 

85.  Because  Grant  has  always  disapproved  of  com 
pulsory  payment  by  the  civil  service  of  the  Govern 
ment,  of  "contributions  for  political  purposes,  or  any 
arbitrary  assessments  for  such   purposes,  expressly 
declaring  that  no  officer  of  any  kind  should  be  dis 
missed  or  proscribed  for  repudiating  suctr  levies,  thus 
leaving  all  untrammelled  a'nd  entirely  free.    Ttiis  is 
the  action  of  every  Department  under  Grant,  and  is 
exactly  tne  reverse  of  preceding  Democratic  Admin 
istrations 


80.  Because  delinquents  and  defaulters  htfvtJ  been 
detected,  pursued,  convicted  and  punished  under 
Grant  with  an  energy  and  vigor  unsurpassed  by  any 
preceding  Administration,  owing  to  increased  vigi 
lance  in  the  scrutiny  of  accounts  and  a  stern  enforce 
ment  of  the  responsibilities  ot  official  station, 

37.  Because  four-tilths  of  the  cases  of  official  -de 
linquency  aud   nine-tenths  of  the   loss  occasioned 
thereby,  have  beeu  entailed  through  the  corruption 
of  ollicials,  the  responsibility  for  whose  appointment 
rested  upon  the  previous  Administration,  wliile  the 
present  Administration  has  exposed  their  dishonesty, 
removed  them  from  otlice,  and,  as  far  as  practicable, 
punished  their  crimes. 

38.  Because,  under  Grant^  (iTe  Demo-crufto  mte'iu 
regard  to  oiliciai  rascals  has  beeu  reversed,  «ud  in 
stead  of  going  out  of  oilice  with  applause,  they  now 
go  out  oi  office  to  be  incarcerated  in  a  prison — for 
fully  two-thirds  of    the  embezzlers   and  defaulters 
who  have  been  detected  during  the  past  three  years 
are  now  in  jail. 

39.  Because  Secretery  Boutwell,  in  a  public  speech 
fully  vindicates  the  present  Administration  in  com- 
ponson  with  others  in  regard  to  defaulters.     He  says 
appointees  of  Mr.    Lincoln  are    defaulters    to  the 


amount  or'  £!)2\).0<X)  ;  oi  Mr.  Johnson,  $l,Y5o,t;b'0;  of 
General  Grant,  §«-!. 

BALANCES    OF  APPROPRIATION. 

40.  Because  one  of  the  great  financial  reforms  now 
in  operation  is  due  to  the   present  Administration, 
and  was  established  in  accordance  with  the  views 
and  recommendations  of  Secretary  Boutwell.     This 
i-j  io  make  every  fiscal  year  pay  its  own  expenses, 
iind  ;tt  the  end  of  tuck  period   to  covor  all   unex 
pended  balances  into  the  general  national  fund  of  the 
United  States  Treasury,  from  which  they  cannot  be 
drawn  except  in  accordance  with  an  express  act  of 
Congress.     Under  Democratic  rule,  large  balancvjs 
annually  remained  in  the  Treasury  which  could  be 
used  by  the   Department  or  Bureau  for  which  thev 
were  originally  appropriated  and  even  independent  of 
the  original  appropriation.     Now  this  is   completely 
reformed,  and  the  funds  cttnuot  be  used  improperly 
or  corruptly,  thus  proving  the  honesty  oi  the  Ad 
ministration  and  its  fidelity  to  financial  accuracy,  in 
tegrity  and  economy. 

INVESTIGATIONS  . 

41.  Because,  notwithstanding  there  were  fourteen 
41  investigations"  instigated  or  rendered  necessary 
by  Democratic  slander  and   misrepresentation,  not 
withstanding  every  means  of  scrutiny  whether  re 
quiring  persons,  papers  or  national  expense,  were 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  mo«t  vindictive  enemies 
of  the  Administration,  notwithstanding  weeks  ihid 
months  were  consumed  in  the  examination  of  all  the 
witnesses  they  chose  to  call,  the  result  was  to  show 
that  the  Government  was  untarnished  with  fraud  or 
corruption. 

AMNESTY. 

42.  Because  the  blatant  amnesty  cry  of  theDenio 
crati*  is  siopoed  by  Grant's  early  recommendation  of 
it,  and  its  adorition  by  a  Republican  Congress.    The 
vindictive  and   scandalous  misrepresentation    upon 
this  subject  by  the    nefarious   coalition  opposed   to 
Grunt  is  completely  answered  by  Grant's  own  words 
In  his  message  sent  to  Congress  in  December,  Ls7o. 
*'  More  than  six  years  having  elapsed,  "    he   says, 
"since  the   last  hostile  gun  was   tired  between  {he 
armies  then  arrayed  against  each  other,  oae  lor  the 
preservation,  the  other  for  the  destruction   ot    the 
Union,  it  may  well  be  considered  whether  it  is   uoc 
r.ow  lime  that  tin;  disabilities  imposed  by  iho  four- 
tfc.Mii  amendment  should  be  removed."     He  goes 
on  i<>  argue  the  question  at  length,  to  ihe   shame  of 
the  lactious   disor^anizers  who    are  guilty   of  such 

i'alsehood,  respecting  his  views. 

-!;>  13e::iu:-e  1  'resident  Grant,  while  brave,  con 
o/.i.  li.iL',  and  where  necessity  required  it.  inflexible 
in  wi:r  and  in  peace,  has  been  so  magnanimous  a§  to 
provoke  criticism,  and  has  shown  kindness  to  South 
ern  rebel.-  that  ought  to  crimson  the  cln-eks  ol  those 
who  roju-tsent  him  as  relentless  and  unforgiving. 
V»;lu:n  Lee  surrendered  h>s  sword.  Grant  said  :  "Tell 
your  b  »ys  they  can  take  their  horses  homewiUi  them 
Io  lielp  them  make  their  crops."  When  it  was  con 
templated  under  Johnson  to  try  Lee  and  his  fellow 
oliic.M"-  lor  treason,  Grant  snid  :  "General  Lee  and 
In-  officers  and  troops,  wh«>  have  been  duly  paroled 
cannot  be  arrested  and  tried  lor  l.eason.  I  protest 
ifgiiit^t  their  arrcH.'' 

•M.  Because  the  very  men  who  re  :-:><-ent  (Jruit  :  as 
opposed  to  amnesty  enow  the  holl«,wness  of  their 
pretensions/Mrhen  they  support  for  the  Presidency  :; 
man  who,  on  the  1st  of  May,  1S<31,  s;ud  :  "When  'ihe 
rebellious  irait.oiv  are  scattered  like  leaves  before  an 


anuiry  wind,  it   tnnM  not  /v    ti>rrf>/rn  in  peaceful.  «<t(l 

fontettful   hotiifR.       'ilnlj   ///?/.s/   fn,,l    •}>,;„;  ,-t.ii    ',/f    linn' 

>vf.st</,  nndgfy  privation  in.  the  dnxiou*  eye*  of  mothers 
and  iluragi  <>j  <,-/<»/.•  j;v;»." 


THIS    13TH,    14YH   AND   15TH   AMENDM1SNT&. 

°?45.  Because  the  Republican  party  alone  can  main- 
tain  those  constitutional  amendments,  which  pro 
vide  against  the  payment  of  the  public  debt  con 
tracted  by  the  ivbel  States  in  their  effort  to  destroy 
the  Union,  or  to  pay  the  former  masters  tor  their 
emancipated  slaves,  which  amendments  all  the  Gree- 
leyites  of  the  South,  and  inanv  of  them  at  the  North, 
declare  to  be  unconstitutional,  and  that  they  should 
be  nullified.  % 

40.  Because  the  Republican  party  is  wholly  en 
titled  to  the  transcendent  renown  of  having  conceived 
and  established  the  13th,  14th  and  loth  amendments, 
the  great  charters  of  personal  liberty,  the  elective 
franchise,  the  right  of  self-government,  —  each  and  nil 
of  them  encountering  the  most  envenomed,  tlu 
fiercest  and  the  most  vindictive  opposition  in  the 
power  of  the  Democrats. 

IMPARTIAL  SUFFRAGE. 

47.  Because  impartial  suffrage,  originated  and,  af 
ter  many  an   embittered  contest,,  established  by  the 
Republican   party,   has   been     protected    avid    main 
tained  by   this  administration,  and  will  surely  be  im 
paired,  obstructed  and  prevented  unless  Grant  is  re- 
elected. 

48.  Because  President  Grant,  from   the  commence 
ment  of  the  rebellion,  has  been  a  decided  arid  most 
earnest:  friend  of  suffrage  for  the  colored  man,  and  in 
his  Inaugural  of  March  4,  ISO'.),  he  express  -d  hint- 
self  thus  emphatically  concerning  the  15th   amend 
ment.     "The  question  of   t-uilttige  is  oue  which    it. 
likely  to  agitate  the  public  so  long  us  a  portion  of  the 
citizens  of  the  nation  are  excluded  from  its  privileges 
in  any  State.     It  seems  to  me  desirable  that  the  ques 
tion  should  be  settled  now,  and  I  entertain  the  nope 
and  express   the  desire  that  it  may  be  by  the  rat:  h  ca 
tion  of  the  15th  ariicle  of  ajj^dment  to  the  constitu 
tion."     Not  contented  with  tLt-e  ui:i"iy  and  e,'U;ciive 
words,  he  addressed  a   message  to  G<»ugre>s  ou  the 
ratification  of  the  ameudtneut,  and  made  it  a  medium 
of  counsel  and  encouragement  to   the   enfranchised 
race,  and  of  appeal  to  the  nation  iu  their  behalf. 


40.  Because  the  credit  of  the  country  has  constantly 
improved  under  this  administration,  the  price  of 
American  securities  has  steadily  advanced,  and  the 
appreciation  oi  our  paper  money  is  marked  by  the 
iall  of  gold  from  $1.32  in  ISG'J  to  $1.11  in  IST'2. 

50.  Because  through  the  wise  management  of  this 
administration,  American  seeuri  lies  are  equal  in  value 
to   gold,  although  they  were  17  per   cent,  below  it; 
and   even    that  violent  Democratic   partisan,  James 
Brook-,  wa.-,  constrained  to  admit  that  "our  public 
credit  h;is  been  lifted  to  an  enviable  position  through 
out  the  whole  world." 

INDIAN   POLICY. 

51.  Because  a  new  policy  has  been  adopted  by  the 

i  administration  in  our  national  re'atioii«  with 
the  Indians,  the  policy  of  kindness,  conciliation  and 
peace,  whereby  during  the  p:ist  three  years  more  than 
S0,0»)i'  Indians  have  been  brought  under  the  super- 
vision  of  onr  government,  and  in  all  the  immense  e\~- 
leni,  of  territory  which  yet  intervenes  between  ihe 
settled  portions  of  the  country,  not  more  than  50,001) 
roaming  Indians  are  yet  K-maining  in  it.  to  be  reached. 

52.  Because  through   the  special  efforts  and  direc 
tion  of  the  administration    large  numbers  of  Indians 
are    being  persuaded  to  cultivate  ihe  laiidr-<-f  their 
reservations,  and  there  are  carpenters,  blnctsinUha, 
tnrmcrs,  millers  and  teachers  to  the  number  of  'jllo 
aiiii>:.,g  them  for  the  purpo«6  of  instruction. 

53.  Because  Grant  prefers  to  expend  Small  amounts 
of  money  to  p;ic;fy»  civilize  a-;u  instruct  the  Ir.dsius, 


rather  than  millions  upoa  millions,  as  heretofore,  to 
infuriate  and  kill  them.  He  says  to  Congress,  "  I 
recommend  liberal  appropriations  to  carry  out  the 
Indian  peace  policy,  not  only  because  ir  is  more 
christiau-like  and  economical,  bufc  because  it  is  right 

EQUAL   LIBERTY   FOU   ALL,    WHITE   OR   BLACK. 

54.  Because  the  Republican  party  has  always  been 
the  true  advocate  and  exponent  of  iibertv,  and  now 
is  the  only  party  in  these  United  States  which  bears 
that  character. "  During  the  late  atrocious  rebellion 
and  bloody  war  it  buried  350,000 men  to  maintain  the 
Government  of  this  country  and  the  Union  of  these 
States  upon  the  basis  of  freedom,  for  equal  universal, 
impartial  liberty,  liberty  for  all  classes  of  mankind, 
without  distinction  of  race,  color  or  birth. 

55.  Because  the  Republican   party,  after  it  had 
broken  the  fetters  of  4,000,000  of  human  beintrs,  did 
not  stop  with  that  noble  net,  nut  held  the  doctrine 
that  the  poorest  and  the  blackest  man  is  the  equal  of 
the  whitest  andthe  richest.     It  gave  to  the  freed  men, 
civil  and  political  rights  till  now  the  poorest  black 
man,  before  the  law,  is  the  equal  of  the  former  domi 
nant  race. 

5fi.  Because  William  Lloyd  Garrison.  Gerritt  Smith, 
Wendell  Phillips,  Frederick  Douglass,  and  the  whole 
body  of  the  "original  abolitionists,"  men  ever  de 
voted  to  the  colored  men,  and  profoundly  acquainted 
with  all  tliat  concerns  their  interest,  are  deeply  im 
pressed  with  a  conviction  that  their  lives  and  for 
tunes  depend  on  preserving  the  ascendency  of  the 
Republican  party. 

GRANT'S  NOBLE  CONDUCT  TO  COLORED  MEN. 

f>7.  Because,  President  Grant,  during  the  war  al 
ways  occupied  an  advanced  position  in  respect  to 
Ihe  assistance;,  encouragement  and  kind  treatment 
which  he  extended  to  fugitive  slave?,  and  this  before 
the  Government  had  fixed  its  anti-slavery  policy. 
Experience  and  observation  very  early  made  him 
comprehend  the  situation,  and  no' previous  opinions 
formed  without  sufficient  liuht,  no  party  prejudices 
or  affiliations  could  prevent  him  from  immediately 
acting  as  far  as  he  could,  with  humanity  and  justice 
to  the  colored  race, 

58.  Because,  as  early  as  November  11.  1862,-  before 
Lincoln  had  issued  his  great  Emancipation   Procla 
mation,  find  whtfii  thousands  of  colored  men,  women 
and  children,  thronged  bis  camp,  he,  by  special  orders, 
Nmr.bers  13    and   15,   directed  guards  to  be  estab 
lished  for  their  pro'tection,  quarters  to  be  assigned 
lor  their  use,  clothes  and  provisions  to  be  furnished 
for  their  necessities,  employment  to  be  given  them, 
and  proper  compensation  to  be  paid  for  their  labor. 
The  officers  attending  to  these  duties  were  ordered  to 
renorl,  to  him  personally,  and  he  proved  himself  em 
phatically    the    humane,   provident   and  judicious 
Iricnd  of  those  poor  fugitives. 

59.  Because  his   sagacity  in   the  winter  of  1865, 
practically  inaugurated  the  Freedmeu's  Bureau,  and 
all  colored  persons  were  provided  by  him  with  ir.eans 
to  teach  them  sp.lf-support,  and  to  "minister  to  their 
moral  and  intellectual  developement,  as  well  as  to 
their  physical  needs. 

GO.  Because  he  was  among  the  very  earliest  of  our 
Generals  to  encourage  the  enlistment  of  colored  men, 
to  recognise  their  equality  before  the  lav/,  and  to  give 
them  ;m  honorable  position  in  .ho  army.  As  a  Gen 
eral  he  appreciated  the  vast  amount  of  aid  such  a 
course  would  afford  the  course,  of  loyalty,  and  as  a 
state.si.iian  he  comprehended  the  benefit  it  would  con 
fer  upon  the  colored  race. 

fil.  Because  General  Grant  was  among  the  first  of 
those  who  fully  and  unequivocally  took  official  step.:; 
to  protect  colored  Mihlirrs.  in  "a  letter  to  General 
Lee,  dated  October  11»,  lMl-i,  Gran  I.  said:  "Is-lmll 
always  regret  the  uece;  sity  of  r<;Uiii;itiiv.>:  lor  \vr<m<;s 


done  our  soldiers,'  but  regard    it  my   duty  to  protect 
ALL  persons  received  into  the  Amy  of  the  United  States 

REGARDLESS  of  COLOR  OR  NATIONALITY." 

G2.  Because  Grant  conceived  the  idea  of  placing 
freedmen  on  Southern  lands,  and  protecting  them  in 
their  work,  which  he  faithfully  and  successfully  did, 
even  amidst  all  the  cares,  details,  responsibilities,  and 
dangers  of  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  even  in  the  busi 
est  times,  giving  his  cheerful  attention  to  their  com 
munications  and  wants,  and  organizing  free  labor 
wherever  he  went.  f 

63.  Because  Grant  was   convinced   faom  the 'com 
mencement  of  the  rebellion,   that  slavery  must   be 
abolished  that  liberty   might   live;  and  in  a  letter  to 
Mr.  Washburne,  dated   August  00,  1SGS,  he   said   of 
the  "sum  of  all  villaiuies"    that    he  would  not  "  be 
willing  to  see  any  settlement  until  this  question  i.s-  for 
ever  settled." 

64.  Because  President  Grant,  on   all   proper  occa 
sions,  has  advocated  the  political  and   civil  rights  of 
the  colored  people,  and  has  given  them  prominence, 
not  only  in  his  private   utterances,  but,  in  hi.s  execu 
tive  messages  and  official  communications,  us.  in  his 
mes-age  in  regard  to  Mississippi  and  Virginia,  Ai-iil 
7,  1869,  and  in  his  first  annual  message,  when;  he 
cordially  commends  the  freedmen  for  their  rapid  pro 
gress  in  learning,  their  industry,  and  good  conduct, 
and  declares  that  all  should  bo  protected  "  without 
reference  to  original  nationality,  religion,  color,  or 
politics,  only  giving  in  return  obedience  to  laws  and 
proper  respect  for  the  right  of  others." 

Co.  Because  the  Republican  party,  by  express  law, 
secured  the  remaining  public  lands  of  the  Southern 
States  exclusively  to  the  actual  settlers,  thus  afford 
ing  the  poorer  calsses,  whether  white  or  colored,  to 
become  freeholders,  to  possess  homes  of  their  own, 
to  establish  schools,  to  form  communities  and  to 
bo  in  all  respects  free  and  independent  citizens. 

APPOINTMENT   OF  COLORED  MEN  TO  OFFICE. 

CO.  Because  in  all  departments  of  the  civil  service 
President  Grant  has  appointed  colored  men  to  office, 
and  among  these  appointments  are  Foreign  Ministers, 
Collectors"of  Customs,  Assessors  of  Revenue,  Route 
Agents,  Postmasters,  Glerks,  Messengers,  etc.,  etc.. 
and  this  not  grudgingly  or  exceptionally,  but.  lamely 
and  honorably,  find  taking  pleasure  in  rewarding 
merit  and  doing  justice  to  ability. 

GRANT  AND  THE  KU  KLUX-  KLANS. 

67.  Because  President  Grant,  so  far  as  the  law 
would  allow  him  to  go,  has  interposed  between  our 
colored  fellow-citizens  and  the  infamous,  merciless, 
ferocious  and  brutal  Ku-Klux  assassins.  For  this 
interposition  he  has  been  denounced  as  an  ambitious 
Caesar  and  an  unconstitutional  tyrant;  but  neither 
vituperation  or  threats  have  had  the  smallest  influ 
ence  to  deter  him  from  the  execution  of  this  or  any 
other  duty.  While  he  has  endeavored  to  secure  c-fli- 
cient  legislation  and  protection  lor  the  black  and 
white  loyalists  of  the  South,  the  great  mass  of  tliu 
present  Greeley  coalition  fought  against  every  such 
attempt,  and  now  to  fill  the  cup  of  impudent  atrocity, 
they  call  upon  the  colored  men  to  abandon  their 
benefactor. 

PUBLIC   LANDS  AND   WORKINGMtN. 

08.  Because  the  Republican  party,  being  the  party 
of  the  people  and  of  the  workinirmen,  has  always  had 
their  interests  in  view  in  the  management,  sale  and 
distribution  of  the  public  lands.  While  the  Demo 
crats,  as  a  party,  legislating  heretofore  in  the  inter 
ests  of  slave-holders,  did  not  favor  grants  of  lands 
for  the  purpose  of  opening  up  our  immense  Western 
regions  to  fi nitration  and  settlement,  for  educational 


purposes,  and  for  distribution  in  limited  quantities 
to  actual  settlers,  the  Republicans  have  constantly  en 
deavored  to  do  this.  Th^y  favored  grants  of  pub'.u 
lands  for  railroads,  canal?/ and  wagon-roads  so  lorn: 
as  the  interest  of  the  poor  man  and  actual  settler  de 
manded  it,  and  with  the  attainment  of  that  object 
they  regard  the  public  domain  as  sacred  to  iiie  poor 
ami  enterprising  emigrants,  who  there  seek  to  cre 
ate  a  country  and  to  possess  homes  of  their  own. 
Wh<  u  this  policy  came  up  for  consideration  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  every  republican 
voted  for  i^. 

*.       HOMESTEAD   LAW, 

G'.i.  Because  the  homestead  law  was  established  by 
the  Republican  party,  and  is  one  of  the  tirst  fruits 
of  its  ascendancy,  the  bill  having  been  vetoed  by 
that  creature  of  the  slaveholders — James  Buchanan — 
in  which  act  he  manifested  the  antagonism  to  work 
ing-men  which  must  animate  all  who  enforce  servile 
labor. 

FKEEDMAN'S  BUKEAU. 

70.  Because  the  Republican  party,  not  content  with 
giving  freedom  to  the  slave?,  established  the   Preed- 
man's  Bureau  in  order  to  give   them  an  education, 
protect  their   rights,  secure   them   employment   and 
compensation,  instruct  them   in    trades  and  tho  me 
chanic  arts,  and  finally,  to    crown   tho   whole  and 
make  them  citizens  indeed,  endowed   them    with  the 
ballot,  thus  enabling  them  to  maintain  their  own  po 
litical  and  personal   rights,   alike  against   injustice, 
Aggression,  and  prejudice. 

EDUCATION1  AND   WORKINGMEN. 

71.  Because  the  Republican  party,  in  the  State  and 
in  the  nation,  is  devoted  to  education,  to  the  improve 
ment,  development  and  elevation  of  all  classes,  bnt 
especially  of  the  workingmen.     Amidst  Democratic 
hatred,  opposition  and  denunciation,  the  Republicans 
have  persevered   in  their  beneHcient  legislation  for 
these  purposes.     It  was  thev  who  established  public 
schools  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  who  instituted 
a  Department  of  Education,  who  incorporated  the 
Howard  University,  who  have  created  Agricultural 
and  Mining  schools  in  the  various  States  and  Terri 
tories,  who  have  set  apart  the  proceeds  of  the  public 
l:inds  lor  the  support  ot  public  schools,  who  exactrd 
that  the  Rebel  States  should  not  be  re-admitted  un 
less  their  State  constitutions  provided  for  a  perma 
nent  public  school  system  for  all  classes,  and  who  are 
anxious  to  make  every  citizen  as  eminent  for  intel 
lectual  culture,  as  he  is  for  freedom  and  self-govern 
ment.! 

72.  Because  President  Grant,  both  as  a  citizen  and 
as  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  nation,  heartily  con 
curs  in  these  views  and  gives  them  utterance  in  his 
various  messages.    '*  The  subjects  of  education  and 
agricultural,"  he  says,  "  are  of  great  interest  to  the 
success  of  our  Republican  institutions,  happiness  and 
grandeur  as  a  nation";   "the  setting  apart  sections  of 
public  land  for  educational  purposes  should  bo  con 
tinued.*'';  "education  is  the  groundwork  of  Repub 
lican  institutions";  "the  true  prosperity  and  great- 
riess  of  a  nation  is  to  be  found  in  the  elevation  and 
education  of  its   laborers."      Such   is  the  uniform 
tenor  o£  his  opinion  on  this  important  subject,  show 
ing  LuQx&afe,  wifie-and  enlightened. 

?t-        EIGHT  HOUR  LAW. 

73.  Because  the  Republican  party,  in  the  Congress 
of  1865-66,  introduced  the  first  bill,  ever  proposed  by 
«ny  legislators,  to  constitute  eight  hours  a  legal  days 
work.     But  as  even  some  Republicans,  like  Lyman 
Trumbull  (now  among  his  qongeuial  associates,  the 
Democrats)  united  with  the  other  opponents  ot  the 
measure,  thefn/e  Republicans, .whose  measure  it,  was, 
were  not  able  to  carry  it  until  Jnne,  1868,  when  it 
was  passed. 


71.  Because  President  Grant,  schooled  in  manual 
labor  and  a  workinguian  himself,  was  alive,  frori:  the 
first,  to  the  importance  of  thi-1.  eiiiht  hour  law,  and 
of  the  immense  influence  its  legal  enactment  by  the 
Government,  would  exercise  in  private  workshops, 
corporations,  farms,  and  the  whole  country,  lie 
sanctioned  it  with  zeal,  and  when  on  some  of  the 
public  works,  though  only  eight  hours  labor  a  day 
w:is  exacted,  the  price  of  two  hours  work  was  with 
held,  he  interposed,  May  19,  1860,  in  a  proclamation 
to  prevent  such  reduction.  On  oilier  instances  of  1  in; 
abuse  being  brought  to  his  notice,  he  again  stretched 
forth  the  executive  aim  to  protect  the  laborer,  and  on 
May  11,  of  the  present  year,  he  issued  another  proc 
lamation,  which  has  effectually,  and  in  all  its  signifi 
cance,  established  this  reform  for  every  employee  of 
the  Goveruinent. 

WORKINGS  EX. 

7"*.  Because  President  Grant  never  alludes  to  the 
workingman  without  B  tender  appreciation  :<nd  kind 
recognition,  which  shows  how  deenly  he  regards  hi.s 
interest.  This  is  repeatedly  manifested  in  nis  mes 
sages,  where  the  "laborer,"  the  "  freedman,"  the 
"  tiller  of  the  soil,"  the  "pioneer,"  the  "actual  set 
tler"  are  all  considered  in  terms  of  commendation, 
wise  measures  are  proposed  for  their  benefit,  and 
honest  industry  and  hard-handed  toil  are  awarded  ihe 
honor  and  regard  they  deserve.  "  Agriculture,"  he 
says  :  "agriculture  is  the  ground-work  of  our  pros 
perity."  If  Henry  IV  wished  that  "every  pea 
sant  in  his  kingdom  had  a  chicken  in  his  por,  each 
Sunday  for  his  dinner,"  Grant  not  only  withes  but 
does  his  utmost  to  make  every  working! nan  a  free 
holder,  an  educated  citizen,  and  as  one  of  the  people, 
a  sovereign. 

70.  Because  the  Republican  party,  through  the 
eleventh  resolution  of  its  National  convention,  iden 
tified  itself  as  tho  party  of  the  workingmeu,  and  as 
the  party  which  gives  clue  honor  and  dignity  to  labor 
and  to  capital,  the  above  mentioned  resolution  says  : 
"  Among  the  questions  which  press  for  attention  is 
that  which  concerns  the  relations  of  capital  and  laoor, 
and  the  Republican  party  recognizes  the  duty  of  so 
shaping  legislation  as  to  secure  full  protection,  anil 
the  amplest,  for- capital  and  for  labor,  the  erefuor  of 
capital,  the  largest  opportunities  and  a,  just  share  of 
the  mutual  prolits  oi  these  two  great  servant^  of 
civilization." 

QK ANT'S   CIVIL  QUALIFICATIONS. 

77.  Because  President    Grant,    during    the    three 
years  oi  his   administration,  has   exhibited    qualities 
and  capacity  as  a  civil  ruler  which  may  well  be  com 
pared  with   hi.s   trunscemlant   military  abilities,  and 
have  made  him  alike,  in  war  and  in   peace,. an  in 
valuable  protector   and   conservator  of  tlu;  rights  of 
all  classes  and  the  liberty  ot  the  whole  country. 

78.  Because  his  excellence  as   a   Civil   Magistrate, 
iid  safe,  considerate,   humane,  judicious,   and  pro 
gressive  political  views   are   strikingly  manifested  in 
'.iia  Inaugural  Address  and  the  Annual  Messages  he 
jas  transmitted    to    Congress.     In   these   thoughtful 
md  well-considered  papers  he  says  that  •'  on  all  niii- 
ects  I  shall  have  a  policv  to  recommend,  but  none -to 

enforce  against  the  will  of  the  people;"  that  "the 
au's  are  to  govern  all  alike ;  "  that  he  "  promises  a 
igid  adherence  to  the  laws  andi  their  strict  enforce 
ment;"  that  his  "  policy  has  been  to  learn  the  spirit 
ana  intent  of  laws  enacted,  and  to  enforce  them  ac 
cordingly;"  that  it  is  his  "determination  to  do,  to 
he  best  of  his  ability,  all  that  shall  be  required  of 
Jim  by  his  oath  of  office;"  promises  precious  to  the 
nation,  and  which  he  has  conspicuously  fulfilled. 

COMMEKCE,  MANUFACTURE*,  AND  TAHIFP. 

9.  Because  President  Grant,  as  should  ever  be  tin- 
case  with  a  Chief  Magistrate,  keeps  wisely  in  view 
all  the  great  interests  of  the  country,  well  awari 


ciosely  the  various  business  avocations  of  a  great 
republic  are  intermingled  and  woven  together.  H< 
especially,  in  big  messages,  calls  the  attention  of 
1  'on^ress  to  the  state  of  our  commerce.  He  says 
"  The  whole  nation  is  interested  in  securing  cheap 
transportation  from  the  agricultural  States  of  the 
West  to  the  Atlantic  sea-board.  To  these  States  it 
secures  a  greater  return  for  their  labor;  to  the  in 
habitants  of  the  sea-board  it  affords  cheaper  food  •  to 
the  nation  an  increase  in  the  annual  surplus  of 
wealth.'-'  i  i«gii  -gested  means  for  the  revival  of  onr 
i  .'pressed  c  tin  r'ce,  the  encouragement  and  exten 
sion  of  onr  '  ;c,intile  intercourse,  the  building1  of 
vessels,  the  in  .ease  of  onr  s':tnpin<>-,  tho  enlargement 
of  our  carrying  trade,  and  kindred  topics  of  promi 
nent  und  vital  importance. 

80.  Because  President  Grant  is  in  accord  with  the 
nation  in  fully  appreciating  the  vast  utility  and  in 
estimable  value,  of  American  manufacturer.  He  ade- 
quatelv  estimates  the  consumption  they  give  to  home 
products,  and  the  employment  and  support  they 
furnish  to  so  many  thousands  of  our  people.  Ex- 

nsivo  as  manufactures   now  are,  President  Grant 


84.  Because  President  Grant  has  personally  inter 
ested  himself  in  this  subject.,  and  has  especially  and 
at  considerable  length  called  the  attention  of'  Con 
gress  to  it.  He  says;,  "Invitations  have  been  ex 
tended  to  the  cabinets  of  London,  Paris,  Florence, 
Berlin,  Brussells,  The  Hague,  Copenhagen,  and 
Stockholm,  to  empower  their  representatives  at 
Washington  to  simultaneously  enter  into  negotia 
tions,  and  to  conclude  with  the  United  States,  con 
ventions  identical  m  form,  making  uniform  regula 
tions  as  to  the  construction  of  the  parts  of  vessels  to 
be  devoted  to  the  use  of  emigrant  passengers,  a^  to 
the  quality  nnd  quantity  of  food,  as  to  the  medical 
treatment  of  the  sick,  and  as  to  the  rules  to  be  ob 
served  during  the  voyage,  iti  order  to  secure  ventila 
tion,  to  promote  health,  to  prevent  intrusion,  and  to 
protect  thi>  females,  and  providing  for  the  establish 
ment  of  tribunals  in  the  several  countries,  for  enforc 


(••ays  in  one  of  his   messages 
I  bey  will  -.become  more;  and 


that   "  it,  is  to  be  hoped 
more  diffused,  making 


the  interest  in  them  equal  in  all  sections.  "  Under 
Republican  rule  they  will  ever  receive  that  judicious 
and  constant  encouragement  which  is  suited  to  their 
condition  and  needs. 

81.  Because,  under  this  administration,  the  tariff, 
which  from  the  'foundation   of  our   government  has 
!>een  such  a  fruitful  source  of  discordant  sentiments, 
conflicting  interests,  and  angry  discussion,  has  been 
adjusted  with  a  discrimination  based  upon  experience 
and  a  fitness  resulting  from   an  impartial   considera 
tion  of  all  interests  and  of  the  whole  country.     The 
adjustment  made  by  the  republicans  of  the  last  Con 
gress  is  admitted  even  by  democratic  representatives, 
to  b:;  as  wise  and  judicious   as   the  present  circmu- 
titances  and  state  of  the   country  will   permit.     The 
ve.conimendations  of  President   Grant   upon  this  im- 
1  ><i  riant  subject  were  such  as  must  find  favor  with  all 
classes.     He  says  that  bv  a  tariff  "  which  will  put  a 
duty  only  upon  those  articles  which   we   could  dis 
pense  with,  known   us  luxuries,  and   on  those  which 

'0  use  more  of  than  we  produce,  revenue  enough 
;  .ay  he  raised,  after  a  few  years  of  peace  and  conse 
quent  reduction  of  indebtedness,  to  fulfill  all  our 
obligations."  His  ideas  of  "revenue  reform"  are 
alike  practical  and  beneficial. 

82.  Because  the  business  interests  of  the  country 
absolutely  require  the  thoughtful,  safe,  and  judicious 
•   Tin  which   this   administration   has  extended    to 
Iheni,  and  which  would  suffer  wreck  and  destruction 
at  the.  hands  of  the  coalition  now  so  desperately  seek 
ing  to  clutch    the  reins  of  power,  and    to   turn    the, 
government  into  a  mart  for  spoils  and  plunder. 

j     IMMIGRATION   AJU>   NATURALIZATION. 

83.  Because,  notwithstanding  the  persistency  of  the 
/»•  niocratic  party  in  seeking  the  votes  of  onr  natural- 
;/eil  citizens,  it  is  the  liepublican  party  which  is  their 
real  friend.     The  present  Administration  is  the  first, 
that  has  put  forth  strenuous  efforts  for  the  safety  and 
comfort  of  immigrants  while  on  their  way  to    our 
shores,  for  their  protection  after  reaching  our  land, 
:uid  for  their  security  and  equality  after  being  na-' 
Uualized.    To  this  find  not  only  have  treaties  been 
negotiated,  but  a  special   agent,  peculiarly  conver 
sant  with  the  subject,  and  thoroughly  imbued  with 
interest  in  it,  was  'dispatched  to  Europe  to  present  it 
there,  to  exchange  views  and  to  obtain  facts  and  in- 
f  rmatioa.    This  task  was  performed  with  ability, 
:'.id  a  cornprepensive  and  well  considered  Deport  \yas 
made  upon  it,  which  was  published  by  Congress,  and. 
a  direction  and  force  have  been  produced  which  in 
dicate  the  cordiality  and  welcome  entertained  by  Re 
publicans  toward  our  naturalized  citizens. 


ing  such  regulations  by  summary  process.  The 
number  of  immigrants  ignorant  of  our  laws,  habits. 
etc.,  coming  into  our  country  annually,  has  become 
KO  great,  and  the  impositions  practised  upon  them  RO 
numerous  and  flagrant,  that  I  suggest  Congressional 
action  lor  their  protection.  It  seems  to  me  a  fair 
subjecr,  of  legislation  by  Congress." 

85.  Because  the  Republican  party,  always  true  to 
its  fellowship   with  all   men,  irrespective  of  cast"-, 
color,  creed  or  nationality,  who  seek  our  land  in  order 
to   become  peaceful   and    industrious  citizens,   has 
lately,  in  its  National  convention,  called  the  attention 
of  the  nation  to  this  subject,  by  the  following  resolu 
tion  :    "The   doctrine  of  Great  Britain    and  other 
EuroneantPowers  concemiher  allegiance,  'once  a  sub 
ject  always  a  subject.,'  having  at  last,  through  the  ef 
forts  of  the  Republican  party,  been  abandoned  and 
the  American  idea  of  the  right  to  transfer  allegiance 
having  been  nccpted  by  European  nations,  it  is  the 
duty  of  our  Government  to  guard  with  jealous  care. 
tho  right  of  adopted  citizens  against  the  assumption 
of  unauthorized  claims  by  their  former  Government, 
and  we  urge   continual,  careful   encouragement  and 
protection  of  voluntary  immigration." 

ALL   CITIZENS   TO    BE   PROTECTED. 

86.  Because  President  Grant,  as  far  as  a  factions 
and   filibustering  opposition  would  allow,  has  en 
deavored  to  protect  every  American  citizen,  whether 
native  or  foreign  born,  and  has  been  actuated  by  the 
sentiment  of  Solon,  that  "  an  injury  done  to  the  most 
humble  individual  should  be  regarded  by  the  Gov 
ernment  as  an  outrage  on  tho  whole  Constitution." 
And  this,  whether  the  victim  was  a  black  man  in  a 
Southern  cabin^  or  a  white  uiubuswidor  in  a  foreign 
court. 

JJOLYGAMY. 

87.  Because,  while  admitting  the  sacred  principle 
of  religious  liberty,  and  tho  right  of  every  man  and 
woman  to  entertain,  to  advocate,  and  to  promulgate, 
as   long  as   they  respect   tht  rights   of  others,  any 
opinion  whatever  of  a  theological  character,  Presi 
dent  Grant  is  not,  willing  to  tolerate  or  to  legalize 
polygamy  in  the  United  States  or  in  any  of  our  Ter 
ritories.    Upon  this  vital  subject,  he  says  :  "  In  Utah 
there,  still  remains  a  remnant   of  barbarism,  repug 
nant  to  civilization,  to  decency,  and  to  the  Jaws  of 
the  United  States.    Territorial  officers,  however,  have 
been  found  who  are  willing  to  perform  their  duty,  in 
a  spirit  of  equity,  and  with  a  due  sense  of  the  neces 
sity  of  sustaining  the  majesty  of  the  law.     Neither 
polygamy  nor  any  other  violation  of  existing  statutes 
will  be  permitted  within  the  territory  of  the  United 
States.     It  is  not  with  the  religion  of  the  self-styled 
Saints  that  we  are  dealing,  put  with  their  practices. 
They  will  be  protected  in  the  worship  of  God,  ac 
cording  to  tho  dictates  of  their  consciences,  but  they 
will  not  be  permitted  to  violate  the  lawa  under  tho 
cloak  of  religion." 


•>,  ANII  <;K/\NT. 

great  services  o  I  (Ji.-iut  must  ever 
riiic  iiis  tame  wi:h  th»t,  of  Washington  a^d  Lin 
coln.    Washington  secured   our  Independence  from 
n     domination.      Lincoln     proc. aimed    liberty 
throujrhon'  a!!   the    land   and    released   us    fro:n    the 
df  slavery.     Grant  rescued  us  from  the  ca:ami- 
lies  and  dangers  of  a  civil   war   ?uch   as  UOV<T  was 
.]  betbro  in  unv  ;u>.e   or  land,  rind    establish.  •!  us 
as  u  free    nation.      Washington    gave  us  a    republic, 
alrenvards  nnliapi)ily  corrupted  by  slavery.     Lincoln 
'purified,  exnhed,  and  regenerated  it.     Grant  .-aved  it 
trom  the  destruction  which  parricidal  hands   madly 
endeavored  to  inflict,  and  has  blessed   us   with    pros 
perity   and   peace.      "Washington    WHS   the    founder, 
Lincoln    the   restorer.   Grant   the   preserver  of  our 
Iibert3\     Twice  did    the  country  call   both  Washing 
ton  and  Lincoln    to  the  Presidency,  and  the.  natioji 
has  now  decreed  the  same  term  of  service   to   Grant, 
their  peer. 

GRANT'S 


'    him     ai'c    wholly    .]')•'     rnlirely    ppTOTindleSS. 

.•i  Grant  i,-  what  tho.  World  eal's  •'  t.  r  "ly  i,i;tn. 
I  don't  b«'leive  that,  is  a.  bad  man  wno  delights  in  1 
,-oeiety  of  his  wife  ami  children.  I  have  been  to  the 
House  often  and  .-•••>'  t;.  you  Unit  I  do  not  know 
-'  Congiv~i-man  who  knows  so  much  about,  the  cmnli- 
tiou  o'f  a'lairs  in  the  United  States  as  General  Grant 
knows.  I  <ion'  I  begin  to  know  as  much  as  be 
It  is  my  candid  opinion  t  hat  a  more  i  nii>'-l,  e<>f!MMcn- 
tious,  upright  a'ld  faithful  man  is  not  in  public  lile  i  < 
America.  Isiythis  on  my  conscience;  and  I  say 
this  at  the  same  time  that  1  admit  thai  he  has  .some 
faults." 

PLATFORM    or  PRINCIPLES. 

02.  Because  the  platform  of  principles  put  forth  bv 


the   Republican 


e  pa 

Natio 


nal  Convention,  is    one    upon 


which  every  lover  of  freedom  can  stand,  which 
peals  with  a  noble  pride  to  the  ulorious  acts  of  the 
Republican  party  duriiiir  the  past  eleven  \ears,  and 
marks  out  a  course  for  the  future  alike  suited  to  all 
sections  of  the  country,  and  to  all  the  inhabitants 

89.  Because  this  nation  owes  it  to  itself  to  vindicate  'hereof. .  Liberty  and 'equality ;  civil  political  and 
-idcnt  Grant,  who  has  made  the  United  States  P«?blic -rights;  the  constitutional  amendments, ;  p 
cms  throughout  the  world,  from  the  calumny,  ™ih  *<>™£n  nations;  civil  service  reform;  public 
^vituperation,  abuse,  scandal  and  lies  which  the  lands ;  revenue  and  t^xat.on  ;  honor,  gratitude-,,  and 
Vreekv  Democracy  are  heaping  upon  him,  and  try-  renu.rcrat.on  to  soldiers  and  sailor* ;  protection  to 
ing.in'vs.in.to  blacken  him,  and  bring  him  down  to  immigrants  and  naturalized  citizens;  the  franking 
'the  nefarious  level  of  his  aidants.  Tha  country  privilege;  workiturmen  nncl  capuahsts;  the  snnpres- 
Cnot  forbear  to  show  its  appreciation  bf  an  honest  8>on  of  violent  and  treasonable  organizations,  auu 
<Jhh-i  M,- orate,  thus  basely  traduced,  by  re-elect-  the  establishment  of  an  honest,  pure  ami  free  ballot 
ing  him,  although  pcr.-onailv  he  scorns  "the  shafts  i  everywhere  ;  denunciation  ot  repudiation,  anu  a 
him.  well  knowinc  that  time  will  I  sacrcd  P5c<k'e  to  Pa-v  the.  lm'UI9  d.obt?  a  tnbuie  •« 


winch  are  burled  at  him,  well  knowing  that  time  will  I  °"*'1U"  i»*--u;\v  n.  j/....  ».»  FUU»^  ....-.,„,   «  «.»».v 
iiive  additional  luslre   to   his   fame,  while    oblivion  I  tlie  loyal  women  ot  America,  and  a  just  consul  eral  ton 
will  swallow  up  his  slanderers.     Calm  aud  secure,  he  j  tor^the^honest^  demands  ^oi  any  chiss^c.M/ens  tor 
view.-  the  i 
iug  the  Jim 


will  swallow  up  his  slanderers.     Uaim  and  secure,  lie  •  •"»  ."c  """.™"  ""-'  " 

view.-  the  impotent  efforts  of  his  maligners  illustrat-   additional  rmhts i;  amnesty  :  powers  <>J  the  states  and 

i.:g  the  lines  of  Goldsmith  :  of  the  Fedtra    G,0™'m"™<  •  lhc  fiaconraKement  of 


"As  some  tall  cliff  that  lifts  Us  lofty  form 

Swells  Irorn  the  vale,  and  midway  leaves  the  storm, 

Though  round  UP  breast  the  rolling  clouds  are  spread, 


Eternal  sunshine  settles  on  its  head." 

GRANT'S  PERSONAL  SACRIFICE. 


commerce  and  ship-building;    and  an  enthusiastic 

endorsement  of  Grant  and  Wilson.  These  are  the 
topics  of -the  Republican  platform,  and  there  is  noth 
ing  comprised  in  it  which  can  fail  to  meet  ili<-  ap 


proyal  of  every  enemy  of  slavery,  every  lover  of  hu 
man  rights,  every  friend  of  real  reform.  It  compre 
hends  all  the  varied  interests  of  the  Government  and 
90.  Because  President  Grnnt  mode  a  Jireat  personal  the  people. 

sacrifice  when  he  consented  to    be   the  Presidential ' 

candidate  oi  the  Republicans   in  1<G8.     Pie  was    at 

that    time   entirely   content   with   his   position,  and 

pecuniarily  it  \uis  far  better  for  him,  but  he  gave  it 

lip  at  the  call  of  the  same  country  he  had  saved — he 


yielded  his  own  wishes  to  that  of  the  pnriy  of  liberty 
und  prouress.  Senator  WiUon,  in  u  speech  delivered 
in  Kendall ville,  Indiana,  relates  hia  own  personal 


knowledge  concerning  Grant's  first  nomination.    He 
says  : 

"  We  went  to  Grant  and  soirt  to  him  '  General,  you 
must  be  our  candidate,'  his  answer  was  'I  have"  no 
public  experience.  There  are  hundreds  of  men  in 
the  country  better  fitted  for  the  Presidency  than  I  am. 


am  General  of  the  army,  and  I  have  a  good  salary. 


1  , 

It  is  a  lite  office  and    I  am  a  poor  man.    If  I  serve 

four  years,  i  thall  probably  then  go  out  and  have 

g  to  do  at  m\  aura  of  life,  and  I  have  no  pro- 

o  or  trade  by  which  to  support  my  family.     You 

tter  take  somebody  else.'     I  say  here  before 

man  und  God  that  that  was  General  brant's  position" 

tour  -years  nyo.     We   thrust  the  candidacy  for  the 

rre«itiency  upon  him,  wejnade  him  take  •&,  and  the 

nation  took  Jam* 

i,  f 

GRANT'S  OFFICIAL  AND  DOMKSTIC  CHARACTER. 

ftl.  Because  President  Grant  is  personally  and 
socially  a  man  whom  the  people  may  justly  admire, 
and  for  whom  thev  may  -constantly  cherish  an  affec- 

tionaie   enthusiasm.      In   i,js    Ke'ndailville    speech, 
Senator  \N  ihon  speaks  of  Genettil  Grant's  habitsanu 


domestic  character. 


He  says  : 
of  the 


THE  GREELEY  PLATFORM. 

93.  Because  the  platform  of  the  Greeley  Democrats, 
so  lar  as  it  contains  any  principles  of  value,  is  only 
"Republican  thunder,"  which  was  stolen  by  the  Cin 
cinnati  couspirators  and   soreheads,  who  sought,  to 
delude  the  people   by  assuming  Republican  virtues 
wheu  they  had  them  not.     President  Grant  had  fur- 
uibhed  this  thunder  in  his  messages,  and  they  stole  it 
and  maligned  its  author  at  the  same  time.     They 
mixed   poison  with  what  they  stole,  and  cunningly 
covered  up  in  their  concoction,  the  abandonment  of 
the  colored  man  to  Ku-Klux  power   and  other  iuis- 
eheivous  doctrines  which   would  bear  speedy  aud 
destructive  fruit,  were  it  possible  for  the  country  to 
be  cursed  by  the  election  of  Horace  Greeley. 

GOOD  EFFECTS  OF  REPUBLICAN   RULE. 

94.  Because,  under  Republican  rule  (  except  where 
so-called  "Liberal  Republicans,"  Tammany  ruffians, 
Ku-Klux  assassins,  and  Greeley  Democrats  prevent) 
there  is  throughout  this  republic,  freedom  of  speech, 
freedom  of  the  press,  freeeom  of  action,  obedience  to 
law,  prevalence  of  order,  peace   and   general   pros 
perity.     But  under  Democratic  rule,  in  those  portions 
ot  the  country  where  Democrats  and  the  brutal  slave 
sv^'Mii  had  complete  power,  freedom  of  speech  and 
of  the  press  were  proscribed,  freedom  of  action  cir 
cumscribed,  freedom  of  locomotion  contr  ilK-d,  and 
murder  and  assassination,  and  the  terrible  evils  of  a 
demoralized  .society  were  rile,  and  were  never  oven 

I  measurably  suppressed,  until  slavery  was  nb^Hshed, 
accusations    made  i  and  Lincom  and  Grant  presided  ov«r  the 


BALEFUL   £FFJ5CT» 


U5.  Because,  \veie  1be  Democrats  n-r.tom'l  to  ]  .owe 
chaos  would  cmnc,  :igain,  utui  a  party  of  react ioi 
Avould  control  '.ho  <»oviTinnrut  and  exhibit  scene; 
similar  to  t'.'>s<..:  winch  occurred  on  the  return  o 
Charles  the  Jl  lo  Kiit'land,  ami  \vhieh  were  witnessei 
in  I('raiH-e  when  tin-  j.ionrbons  wcm  re-instated.  Tiic 
consequences  which  would  necrue  from  Democratic 
rule,  have  been  portrayed  by  a  writer  whom  the 
(ireeley  Democrats  are"  bound  to  respect..  Thi 
writer  sisys: 

"  The  brain,  the  heart,  tho  soul  of  the  present 
Democratic  party  is  tin;  rebel  element  of  liie  South, 
with  its  Northern  aiiius  and  sympathizers.  It  is 
rebel  at  the  cure  to-day.  It  would  come  into  power 
with  the  hate,  the  phagrin;  Iho  wrath,  the  mortifica 
tion  of  ten  bitter  years  to  impel  and  gui'lo  its  steps. 
It  would  devote  iv.selC  to  taking  off  or  reducing  tax 
after  tax  until  the  Treasury  was  deprived  of  the 
means  id  paying  interest  ou  the  national  debt,  und 
would  hail  the  tidings  of  national  bankruptcy  with 
unalloyed  gladness  ami.  unconcealed  exultation. 
Whatever  chastisement  may  bo  deserved  by  our  na 
tional  sins,  we  must  hope  that  this  disgrace  and  hu 
miliation  would  be  [.-pared  us." 
The-ie-  were  GitUEiasy's  o\vn  utterances  a  year  ago. 

J.'.JKAOE   GKEELEY  ANJ>  B.    GKAT2    1JKOWN. 

'JO.  :  licans  cannot  support  HoracQ  Grceley 

and  L>.  <  11,  even  if  nothing  is   alleged  concerning 

their  uniLtness  !<>r  the  offices  of  President  aud  Vice.  .Presi 
dent.  They  were  nominated  by  an  unscrupulous  coalition 
representing  ncithi  r  .  integrity,  or  principle — by 

a  piebald  faction,  incited  only  by  hopes  of  power  and  plun 
der,  and  united  by  nothing  except  an  insane  hope  to  "beat 
Grant.'"  Horace  Greeloy  and  B.  Grate  Brown  are  thus  in 
the  camp  of  the  Philistines  aud  among  the  worshippers  of 
Baal,  where  they  must  Jind  fraternity  and  .support.  To 
their  former  associates  they  have  become  renegades,  aud 
now  affiliate  with  Tammany  thieves  and  Kuklux  Klans. 

KEPUBLICAN  KECOGN1TJLON   OF  WOMEN. 

07.  Because  Republican  administrations  have  recognized 
women  in  the  bestowinent  of  otlicc,  und  President  Grant 
has  appointed  them  to  positions  of  responsibility  and  im 
portance  more  than  all  preceding  Presidents.  The  four 
teenth  resolution  of  the  National  liepublican  Platform 
shows  that  merit  and  rights  are  habitually  respected  by 
Republicans:  "The  Republican  party  is  mindful  of  its 
obligations  to  the  loyal  women  of  AmeVica  for  their  noble 
donation  to  the  cause  of  freedom,  their  admission  to  wider 
iields  of  usefulness  is  viewed  with  satisfaction,  aud  the 
honest  demands  of  any  class  of  citizens  for  additional  rights 
should  be  treated  with  respectful  consideration." 

KEACTION    THREATENED. 

{IS.  Because  there  is  noto  a  momentous  crisis  in  the  af 
fairs  of  the  nation ;  a  coalition  has  been  formed  of  aspir 
ants,  Soreheads,  rebels,  kuklux,  copperheads,  and  sham 
democrats,  to  nullity  aud,  if  possible,  to  annihilate  what 
has  been  achieved  by  the  Republicans  during  the  past 
eleven  years.  The  cause  of  equal  rights  demands  the  as 
sistance  of  all  its  friends.  Not  one  of  them  ought  to  stand 
aloof  because  all  the  movements  of  the  Republicans  are 
not  approved,  or  became  till  the  acts  of  Grant  do  not  meet 
a  unanimous  endorsement.  Vital  principles  are  at  stake, 
and  to  desert  them  at  this  time  ou  account  of  petty  details 
Nvniild  he,  to  use  a  simile  of  Wendell  Phillips,  to  criticise  a 
man  for  awkwardness  when  he  is  defending  you  iroiu 
assassins. 

HENKY    AVir.SON's    GREAT    WORTH   AND   SERVICES, 

iH>.  Because  the  republicans  present  .Senator  Ilonry 
"Wilson  |,o  the  nat'mu  as  their  candidate  for  the  Vice  Presi 
dency.  ;s"o  more  fitting  nomination  was  eviT  made.  It  is 
a  tribute  to exfeellence,  integrity,  and  eminent  ability.  In 
him. we  behold  a  representative  of  the  workingmeu,  wliose 
every  pul.^o  b/.-i's  in  accord  with  theirs;  who  was  born 
among  them;  who  bus  tailed  the  bitterness  of  poverty, 
even  to  asking  his  mother  for  bread  when  she  had  none  to 
give  him;  who  had  c'-.dured  'he  fatigues  of  hard -haudad- 
labor;  who  vuiidy 


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To  give  him   leave  to 


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wln«,  ihii.wil  hsiandiie:  all  thc.sc  hai'dsbtps,  all  i  hef  ••  ilrm-ivn- 
tions,  all  those  cruel  obstateles,  broke  thronph  them  all,  am! 

by  On-  powers  of  his  own  brain  It;:.;  mounted  to  an  c •!ev»r- 
ticn  unattainable  by  the  favorites  <  :  ii.rlm.e  and  the  <  iiild- 
,1'e.n  of  wealth.  As  the  .Mii^e  found  Burna  at  the  plough,  so 

Independence,  the 

"Lord  of  the  llmt  hi'jirtuud  eiiu'le  eye"1 

was  with  "Wilson  at  the  workman's  bench.  KehooVd  in  1!lr, 
miseries  of  the  poor,  his  soul  I  hirstedatnl  yearned  li.r  mcaiifi 

and  institutions  to  iinin-oyo  ilndr  condiiiou,  and  give  ihem 
education  and  opjwrtunities.  Siuilyin^  l>v  moonlight  or  \<\ 
the  blaze  of  a  pine  iapgot,  after  a  hard  i  ,hohaa 

been  intellectually,  politic;diy,  and  socially  tee  architect  of 
his  own  fortune.  His  great  talents  shone  for  Hi  and  w»>re 
recognized  by  his  fellow-citizens.  Tiny  cTilisted  him  in 
their  service,  andliobly  has  liedou^  their  work.  The  down 
trodden  and  oppressed  have  ever  found  a  champion  in  him. 
His  eloquent  voice  has  thundered  in  their  behalf,  aud  his 
prac.lical  and  sagacious  mind  has  conceived  and  established 
laws  to  succor  and  protect  them.  For  nearly  for!  \ 
lie  lias  been  an  active,  avowed,  and  uncompromising  enemy 
of  slavery,  and  when  others  have  tttikmi-lw  has  •/,••.  .•,•/«/; 
when  others  have  dazzled  wilh  ornate  ueneralities,  h,-  jjaa 
boiled  them  do\vn  t->  effectire  action  and  wise  law.  jS,, 
man  in  the  Senate  e.xcceds  him  in  si  knowledu'e  of  all  the 
great  questions  belonging  to  public  atVairs.  Neve-r  has  he, 
swerved  in  the  slightest  ,46gr«c  iVom  the  cause  <>f  libn-ty 
and  the  people;.  •  iJepublicaidsm  is  to  him  like  the  breatt 
i>f  life.  Jlis  honor  is  sj.otless,  his  integrity  witimu;  stain. 
Modest,  able,  lirm,  reliable,  he  is  the  very  man  to  represent 
the  people — to  be  the  embodiment  of  the  workingmen. 

GUANT'S  INESTIMABLE  SEKVICES. 

100.  Because  this  republic  owes   an   iJ!caleiii;d>le  debt    of 
gratitude  to  the  illustrious  general    who    brought  us  safely 
ut  of  the  vortex  of  rebellion,  and  carried  us  Safely  through 
the  mightiest  civil  war   whieli    history  records;  who,  after 
serving  as  a  soldier  in  Mexico,  had    a  "varied  experience  as 
pioneer,  farmer,  and  trader,  and  learned  to  tmlure,  to  pcr- 
Ms;,a:nl  never  to  despair;  who  was  :iroi;scd  from  his  hum 
le  and  contented  position  by  the  firing  on  J-'ort  Sumlcr; 
tvho,  four  days  after  the  proclamation  of  Lincoln  for  troops, 
lad  raised  a  company  for  t lie   contest;  who  for   sujm    time 
was  engaged,  as  iibci'idly  as   himiblj',  in  drilling  tiie  volun- 
;eers;  who  was  appointed  colonel  without  any  request  or 
t  now  lodge  of  his  own,  and  ultimately,  step  by  step  attained 
he  highest-military  rar.k  ever  Known  in  this  country . 
romotiou  being  without  his  soliciraiion;  who  - 
siirucd  to  the  District  of  Southeast   Missouri;  who,   i.t.-im- 
"esting immediately  that  prompt  and  courageous  inspiration 
vhich  ever  actuated  him,  seized  Paducah.  and  thus  secured 
xentucky  to  the  Union;  who  then  cmerecl  upon  a  series  <.f 
victories  such  as  the  world  had  never  before  witnessed — 
Taring,  brilliant,  marked  with,  the  most  profound   military 
•>kill,  consummate  in   conception,  masier'.y  in  execution, 
jailing  into  requisition  the  highest  powers  of  the  intellect, 
ringing  into  play  every  great  quality  of  the  human  mind — 
iourggej  firmness,  wisdom,  foresight,  magnanimity,  cxecu- 
ive  ability, genius;  who  gained  so  many  important  battles 
hat  only  a  portion  of  them   can   be  mentioned — Belmonl., 
<\>rt  Henry,  Fort  Done'.son.  Shiloh,  Juka,    Corimh,  Oxford, 
.'ort  Gibson,  Big  Black,  Vickshurg   and  its   multitudinous 
ights,  Chattanooga,  the   V/ihli-rne^s,   AVeidoji.   Petersburg, 
"iichmond,  Appouiattox,  where  Liberty   gloriously  tcrmi- 
lated  the  armed  hostility  of  the  rebellion;  who   gained 
nore  battles  than  any  other  general  known  in  history  ri  ilm 
same  length  of  time;  who  was  never  defeated,  never  out- 
mancouvered,  never  out-generaled ;  who  was  so  fertile  in 
expedients,  so  quick  in  adapting  plans  to  needs  and  ciivnm- 
stances,  and  so  instantaneous  in  arranging  new  proccssi •.-.  as 
to  render  him  invincible;  who  fought   distant,  and  success 
ful  campaigns  hy  such  :'.ccompli:-!-ed  generals   as   Sherman, 
Thomas, Sheridan,    Kosecraus,    Hooker.  JJuriiside,   Meade, 
and  others,  and  diiv<-ted  their   movements  as    etiicieutly  as 
if  they  were  under  his  own  eye;  wh<>  was  as  magnaiiininus 
when  victory  was  gained  as  he  was  inexorable   and  coura 
geous  during  the  contact;  who  from    the  "  :nodest  stilipe- , 
aud  humility"   of  peace  has  been  elevated  by  his  own    in- 
h.'rent,  and  v;ist .powers  of  mind   lo    be    one  of  the   "fow- 
most  men  of  all  the  world  ;'"  who,  as  a  civ.i  magistral 
displayed  the  char.;<-.;eristie>  demanded  in   ilmt  field, 
did   tliose  of  a  military  nature  >.vhe:i  tin-;/  were  required; 
who.  iu  fine,  is  of  the  people  and  for  the  peopler-  heirs  by 
intuition,  instinct,  ir.dinatiou  and  action.-,  ihcii-.-*-'iiYin^-  and 
dying!  t.li>:.ir  Shield,  !"dwark,  and  pre;.v..»t  and  ;'uu;ro  Presi 
dent. 


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